Who's St Valentine when he's at home?
Mon, 02/01/2010 - 12:48 — Valentine Rose Amore
Valentine's Day is named for a saint. Staff at the RV Mirror report on his history:
"Valentine was a holy priest in Rome who assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II [who was]...beheaded – on February 14, about the year 270." Not what you'd had in mind for the special day, eh?
Apparently, "one legend says that, while awaiting his execution, Valentinus restored the sight of his jailer’s blind daughter. Another says that on the eve of his death, he penned a farewell note to the jailer’s daughter, signing it, “From your Valentine.” "
